[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924) › c22.14 # Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.14 Hindu Polity: A Constitutional History of India in Hindu Times c22.14 - **Language:** English ### [c22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.14) ¹ Aristocracies like those of Patala : 'for in this community the command in war is vested in two hereditary kings of two different houses, while a Council of Elders ruled the whole State with paramount authority.' (Diodorus) ; also \*Artha-Śāstra\*, p. 35 : कुलस्य वा भवेद्राज्यं कुल-सङ्घः हि दुर्जयः । - [Previous: c22.13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.13) - [Next: c22.15](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.15) - [Up: c22](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22) ## Cites (1) - [Kauṭilīya Arthaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.artha.kautilya) — Kauṭilya, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.14](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.jayaswal-1924.c22.14) · Pramāṇa